Distinguished dissertations

Each year we award British PhD/DPhil dissertations in computer science that stand out for their excellence.

What is the award?

In collaboration with the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC) we honour the significant contribution UK postgraduate students and researchers are making in the computer science field.

If you’ve written a dissertation in this discipline and feel that the reviews of your work speak for its merit, why not speak to your university about putting it forward for this award.

Since the scheme began in 1990 we've selected over forty dissertations for publication on our website.

How to submit your dissertation

Each spring, we ask universities to contribute their dissertations by a deadline, which is usually in April.

Universities can submit up to three dissertations a year, which must be from different research groups. They must be in the field of computer science, written in the UK and awarded a degree between January of the previous year and the closing date.